Simone's Book Club

My hope for this nation is that we can rise above the kind of fundamentalist thinking that leads to unhealthy religious and political extremes and creates an us against them mentality among its adherents. Writer Russell Shorto recently said that as we approach November 4, people are longing for a way out of a situation in which competing value systems continually threaten one another with extinction.

That is indeed my longing --that the country will choose to move in the direction of hope and inclusion and move away from fear and divisiveness.

And so this book caught my eye. I haven't had a chance to read it, but I would like to --on that golden, mythical day when I have more time.

The following blurb is from author Frank Schaeffer's website:

"The authors, an odd mix across the Blue/Red divide—one a founder of the modern evangelical movement, the other a liberal Jewish former Clinton aide—hold an extended conversation across many months, several states, and two countries—sometimes contentious, sometimes funny, exploring the idea of how unlikely pairings—and thus, the entire country—can come together. They argue that we’re entering a new era in history, and now is the time to rise up to it; to make ourselves able to tackle the enormous problems in our laps; to, in effect, move mountains."